Improved portable wardrobe



GERRIT NIERMANN, VOF;CIlCIbTlA'lll, OHIC.

Letters Patent No. 85,023, dated December 15, 1868.

IMPROVE!) PORTABLE WARDROBE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pan: of the same To 'whom it muy concern:

Be it known that l, Gnniu'r NLenMnNN,-of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Portable Wardrobe; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereni, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specieation.

My invention relates to that class of portable wardrobes which are divided vertically into two or more separable parts, so. as to render the wardrobes capable of being handled and transported withthe utmost facility; and

'My improvement consists in connecting the separa ble parts together, by means of dowels, wedges, clamps, and a detachable' cornice, in a manner which will he hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings- Y Figure l is a perspective view of a portable Wardrobe, embodying my improvements, 'with the various parts in a detachable condition, and

Figure 2 is a vertical section, showing the wardrobe in its connected condition.

A B represent the two separable parts, and each'of these parts is provided with a drawer, a b, and a door,

a! b', by which access is had to the interior of the ward. robe. i

The top's C C of the separable parts A B have attached to them cleats D E, whose outer edges d e are tapering, and under-cut, as shown, and, when the Wardrobe is inV its closed condition, these cleats or wedges are drawn tightly togetherby means of a clamp, F,

whose lower surface is provided with an under-cut groove, f, whose sides have a corresponding taper with the said cleats l) al, E e. l Y

Placed directly above the drawers a b are two horizontal shelves'G G', to which are 'secured cleats H h, I"i,which are similar to the'uppcr ones, .D E, and which are united by another clamp, J j.

AExtending around three sides of the wardrobe, and near the top oi the same, is a bead, K, which serves to support a detachable cornice, composed of an open rectangular frame, L, and the latter not only adds to the ornamental appearance of the wardrobe, but it also serves'}tc assist in binding, the two separable parts A B together;

Thetwo end pieces l of the cornice are united at the rear by a beam, M, which rests upon the top, C, of the wardrobe, and said beam is held in position by the blocks N N Projecting from the part B ofthe wardrobe are dowels O, which are adapted to enter suitable sockets, P, in the part A. The oice of these dpwels and sockets is to bring and hold the front portions of' the two sep'arable halves precisely flush with oneanother.

My wardrobe is united in thefollowing manner:

The Vtwo separable parts A B are rst brought as close together as possible, the dowels 0 being inserted in the apertures P, after which the clamps'F J areen-A gaged with the cleats I) E H I, and driven along them, toward their broadest ends, 'so as to draw the two parte A B of the wardrobe together in the most firm and secure manner. The removable cornice Lis thenplaced in its proper position, and the wardrobe is at once ready for use.

If'at any time it should be desired to remove the wardrobe from the room in which it is located, the different parts can be separated in a few moments, and, in their detached condition, can be handled with the utmost facility, andl carried through very contracted passages and door-ways.

When detached, the various parts .of the wardrobe are so light that they can be transported much more readily than could be done in`case the wardrobe were constructed in one inseparable piece.

I have described my wardrobe as consisting of only two separable parts, A and B, but'it vis evident that three or more may be employed whenever it is desired to construct an unusually large one.v

I claim herein as new, and of my invention-v The combination, with the separable parts A B, of the tapering dovetail cleats E H I, clamps F J, cornice L dowels O, and sockets P, al1 constructed and arranged substantially as represented and described, for the purposes specified.

In testimony of which invention, I hereunto set my hand. GERRIT NIEBMANN.

Witnesses l GEO. H. KNIGHT, J Amis H. LAYMAN. 

